Brief Title
Health-Related QoL Among Women Receiving Hysterectomy in NTUH
Official Title
Health-Related Quality of Life Among Women Receiving Hysterectomy in National Taiwan University Hospital
Brief Summary
Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH)has become the most prevalent operation
method in woman suffering from uterine myoma or adenomyosis nowadays. The operation decisions
for these women are always due to symptoms such as pain, anemia and mass effect. However,
there is a lack of measurement for these symptoms and therefore highlight the need to
validate these symptom by health-related quality of life (QOL) assessments. Patients usually
recovered better by LAVH comparing to traditional open surgeries. However, LAVH was
restricted to cases with small size uteri and most QOL reported neglected uterine weight or
were based on small uteri size. We recently intervened a new surgical procedure called RULU
during LAVH and thus released this limitation. This will give a more unbiased study on the
effect of QOL in patients receiving LAVH. In this study, we plan to use two questionnaires:
the disease specific UFS-QOL and the WHO-QOL Taiwan version questionnaires for patients
receiving LAVH. Assessment will be performed before operation; and 3 days, 7 days, 3 months
and 18 months after operation. From these assessments, we plan to determine which QOL
variables will be useful as operation guidelines for patients suffering from leiomyoma or
adenomyosis, and for the assessment of appropriates and outcomes of LAVH.
Detailed Description
Hysterectomy is the most common non-pregnancy-related surgical procedure performed in women
in Taiwan. There are three surgical approaches to hysterectomy: abdominal, vaginal and
laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and LAVH has become the most prevalent
operation method in woman suffering from uterine myoma or adenomyosis nowadays. The operation
decisions for these women are always due to symptoms such as pain, anemia and mass effect.
However, there is a lack of measurement for these symptoms and therefore highlight the need
to validate these symptom by health-related quality of life (QOL) assessments. Patients
usually recovered better by LAVH comparing to traditional open surgeries. However, LAVH was
restricted to cases with small size uteri and most QOL reported neglected uterine weight or
were based on small uteri size. We recently intervened a new surgical procedure called RULU
during LAVH and thus released this limitation. This will give a more unbiased study on the
effect of QOL in patients receiving LAVH. In this study, we plan to use two questionnaires:
the disease specific UFS-QOL and the WHO-QOL Taiwan version questionnaires for patients
receiving LAVH. Assessment will be performed before operation; and 3 days, 7 days, 3 months
and 18 months after operation. From these assessments, we plan to determine which QOL
variables will be useful as operation guidelines for patients suffering from leiomyoma or
adenomyosis, and for the assessment of appropriates and outcomes of LAVH.
Study Type
Observational
Condition
Leiomyoma
Intervention
questionnaires
Publications
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status
Behavioral
Estimated Enrollment
80
Start Date
June 2005
Completion Date
June 2005
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy leiomyoma adenomyosis-
Exclusion Criteria:
other types of operations other types of gynecological disease-
Gender
Female
Ages
21 Years - 80 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Contacts
Torng Pao-Ling, MD, PhD, 886223123456, [email protected]
Location Countries
Taiwan
Location Countries
Taiwan
Administrative Informations
NCT ID
NCT00155870
Organization ID
9200201773
Study Sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital
Study Sponsor
Torng Pao-Ling, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, National Taiwan University Hospital
Verification Date
June 2005